Waylen’s face darkened, and he said, “Stop it, Rena.”
Rena loosened her grip on him. The moment she let him go, she went in a trance.
She forced a smile, walked over to pick up Alexis, and sat at the dining table.
Rena whispered to her daughter, “Daddy has to leave. He has something to deal with. It’s just going to be us having dinner.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtFeeling disappointed, Alexis pouted.
Rena coaxed her little girl.
However, she never looked at him again.
There was nothing left to say. Rena was as disappointed as Alexis.
Korbyn couldn’t stand it anymore and snapped, “If you leave right now, Waylen, | will break your legs.”
Waylen replied, “Someone’s life is hanging in the balance, Dad.”
Then, Waylen looked at Rena.
He waited for her to say something more to him. He wanted her to look at him, even blame him. But she didn’t. She just focused on Alexis, acting as if he wasn’t even in the room anymore.
Like he said, Korbyn was about to hit his son.
Rena stopped him, though. “Let him go.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmKorbyn felt sorry for Rena. Rena waited for Waylen to come back as he asked. And now that he had returned, he was a different person and not in a good way.
Waylen finally left the Fowlers’ house.
Outside, it was snowing heavily.
In a matter of seconds, his whole body got covered with ice dregs.
Sitting in his car, Waylen made some calls and had someone prepare and dispatch a rescue helicopter. Soon, the rescue mission for Mavis began. ©
After making the necessary phone calls, he looked at his phone in a daze. Still in the parking pad of the Fowlers’ house, he decided to call Rena.
But Rena didn’t answer. ©
‘She was understandably angry.